Four-year-old girl found freezing in car after mother passes out from drug use

JENNIFER SUMMER

Published 9:59 am, Tuesday, December 10, 2013

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Four-year-old girl found freezing in car after mother passes out from drug use

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A Spring mother currently sits in jail on state felony charges of child endangerment after deputies allegedly found her passed out in a vehicle with a four-year old in the backseat during the most recent frigid, cold weather.

Harris County Precinct 4 Constable Deputies were patrolling the Kenswick subdivision Dec. 6 around 12:30 a.m. when they found a car believed to be abandoned in the Kenswick Park at the 8700 block of Forest Point Drive in Humble.

“The deputy observed the car in the park with the windows down. They decided to actually look into the car and when they did, they noticed the woman was unresponsive in the front seat with an empty bottle of Soma, a muscle relaxer,” said Harris County Precinct 4 Constable Lt. David Escobar. “Upon further inspection, the deputy noted that there was a child seat in the back and then discovered the four-year old female child in back, shaking and shivering from the cold. The child was only wearing a thin long sleeve T-shirt and pants that were wet.”

The car was cold to touch which suggested to officers that they had been in the park during the very cold weather for some time though it is still unclear why they were in that area.

Because of the cold temperatures and the mother’s state of intoxication due to the amount of pills she allegedly ingested, they were both transported to Memorial Hermann Northeast Hospital.

“Bledsoe remained in the hospital until today, Dec. 10, because of the amount of drugs that were in her system,” Escobar said. “Precinct 4 Deputies went to the hospital today to pick her up since she was to be released only to find that she had already slipped away. We believe that she was trying to prolong her arrest by attempting to check in to the Cypress Creek Hospital. She was arrested in the waiting room on the charges of child endangerment.”

The child was treated and released to a family member by Child Protective Custody.

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The charges Bledsoe is facing are a state jail felony punishable up to $10,000 and two years in a state jail facility.

“We are fortunate that this didn’t end with a death because of how long they were in the car with the windows down in the cold temperatures,” Escobar said. “She not only endangered herself because of the narcotics but also endangered the child. We are grateful the deputy was diligent in their patrol to check the car and find the pair.”